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For those of you who are long time Mom Camp followers you may recall that Cinco and The Princess rebelled against Mom Camp in 2016 over what historians have termed — The TITANIC INCIDENT.

New followers may ask, what is The TITANIC INCIDENT? Well on this day two years ago we started what was supposed to be a three day session on learning about the Titanic. We only got to TWO DAYS…

Everything was going great. We made a mini sinking paper Titanic, The Princess colored in paper dolls and outfits that matched the historical period, Cinco did a worksheet learning about primary sources related to the Titanic.

And then… we hit an iceberg!

I foolishly showed them the James Cameron movie, TITANIC! All of a sudden, the kiddos were crying and going on and on about what a depressing film it was. They would NOT stop complaining about it and said I was terrible for showing them the movie.

Of course, I didn’t let this stop me. I pressed on with day two. We did a packet on the Titanic and made our own candy portholes! Hello, who doesn’t like eating gummy octopus and swedish fish? Mind you, these were underwater porthole as the ship did SINK. (Click here for directions on making your own gummy porthole.)

But No… this was not good enough. Cinco and The Princess would NOT stop talking about how horrible the movie had been and the simply refused to carry on with day three. I planned to take them to the local Titanic exhibit in Las Vegas. But they kept protesting that they NO intention of looking at things that belonged to DEAD PEOPLE.

After that Mom kinda hit the rocks…. In fact it was so, decimated that we didn’t even blog about it in 2017. And, it is the reason the kids also have to attend “regular camp”.

Which is a LONG way of saying that while The Princess was attending Girl Scouts Day Camp, she learned to cook stir-fry. And, so Mom Camp Day 9 is all about cooking,
We started by shopping at ol’ Trader Joe’s (broccoli, peas, carrots, rice…). At home, I acted as assistant and The Princess gave plenty of orders.

Cinco decided that in order for it to be a real ‘celebration’ we needed some starters. (Side note, is Cinco British or something now? Starters? On this side of the pond we call them appetizers…) He decided we needed add ramen soup.

The meal went off and The Princess was very proud of her accomplishments.

As mom camp 2014 winds down, we are revisiting one of our theme days from the very first mom camp three years ago: Egyptian Day!

As you have guessed by now I don’t post pictures of the kid’s faces on here. But, I have found the pics from our previous Egyptian mom camp day… A blast from the past!

Last time we made elaborate Egyptian collars and the tall crowns of lower Egypt. We borrowed a book from the library with instructions for a few ancient Egyptian meals-dinner that night was a little iffy with the exception of the dates.

This year headgear made a comeback for Egyptian Day! We decided to make Nemes Headdress. It’s the blue and gold head covering most people associate with King Tut’s golden mask. The real Nemes’ were made of cloth and were not considered crowns at all. Although, they might have been warn with a crown. As you can see by the picture of Cinco, he also added a traditional Pharaoh’s beard. A nice touch if you ask me!

Next up was a little archeology! Thanks to all the junk you can find at The Dollar Store the kids were able to excavate an golden idol…move over Indiana Jones! We have done a bunch of these kits before– unearth fool’s gold, find-a-fossil, etc. Still, they never stop entertaining and engaging the kids. I used to by the pricey ones from the Smithsonian but now I just grab the cheapo Dollar Store kits and the kids are equally entertained.

We also designed our own sarcophagus… Cinco tried to make his look authentic.

Cut out a very small piece of construction paper in the shape of the Egyptian neck collar (sort of a wide crescent shape). Depending of the age and talent of the kids, you can do this yourself or let one of them do it. You should hold up to clothespin person for sizing and make sure it goes around the neck.

Cover the collar in Elmer’s Glue. Let the kids decorate the collar with small beads. Set it aside and let it dry. (Waiting for it to dry was one of the hardest things for The Princess on this project!)

Using blue construction paper, cut out the “U-shaped” Nemes. Then cut a few strips of yellow construction paper and let the kids glue them in rows on the Nemes.

Now you cut out a small circle of brown construction paper. Then from one of the edges cut a straight line to the center of the circle. This will be Pharaohs’ skirt.

When everything is dry and ready, go ahead and hot glue it on your clothespin. I would start with the neck collar, add the headpiece and finish up with the skirt.

Finally, finish it off with some heavily made up Egyptian eyes and glue on a few black beads to make the beard!

I wouldn’t be Bookymom if I didn’t also include some books on our Egyptian Day. We read:

And we even went to the local Natural History Museum to see the King Tut exhibit. That’s two full days of Egyptian excitement for Mom Camp!

Living in Las Vegas means we almost never get snow days. As a kid growing up in CT, we got them all the time. Still, I’ve got to expose Cinco and The Princess to making snowmen. So in honor of that winter weather back east, we created our own pom-Pom snowmen and women!

A hot glue gun, buttons, and Pom-poms is all you need. We added ribbon scarves and a feather boa, but you get the idea! I also glued the snow people to a larger button so they had a base of support.

Then the kids started getting a bit creative and we even made snow-aliens!